I found an old Vivitar 2800D that I used on the film days wth my Canon AE-1. I know it's unsafe to use as hotshoe flash with my 30D but Can I use it as an off shoe flash (background light) with an Ebay optical slave attached.
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Neil B.
neilbui Member 110 posts Joined Nov 2006 Location: Southern CA More info | Feb 24, 2008 12:47 | #1 I found an old Vivitar 2800D that I used on the film days wth my Canon AE-1. I know it's unsafe to use as hotshoe flash with my 30D but Can I use it as an off shoe flash (background light) with an Ebay optical slave attached.
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PacAce Cream of the Crop  26,900 posts Likes: 40 Joined Feb 2003 Location: Keystone State, USA More info | Feb 24, 2008 13:04 | #2 As long as the optical slave can handle the sync voltage, it'll be OK but the 30D can handle up to 250V. I don't know if there are too many eBay optical triggers that can handle sync voltages much higher than that. ...Leo
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shutters12 Member 72 posts Likes: 2 Joined Jun 2007 Location: Liverpool UK More info | Hi Dont know what difference in voltage etc but I've used my Vivitar 285 HV with one of these E bay triggers and it works well for me . Or have I just been lucky ! ?. That which is Striking and beautiful
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